SE450: Admin: SE450 Approach [7/63]

We advocate an ``extreme'' style:

• Develop functionality incrementaly.
  • Start small.
  • Make sure you have beautiful code that works before you add any new functionality.
• Think before you code (but not too much).
  • Design in small pieces -- don't do everything at once.
  • Accept that the design will change.
• Write good tests.
  • Don't test you program by running it. Use automatic tests!
  • If the tests pass, you should be pretty sure you coded correctly.
• Write good code.
  • First, write the simplest code possible.
  • Get it to work (pass the tests).
  • Last, improve the code by refactoring: improve structure without changing functionality.
• Iterate.
  • Once you get something beautiful that works, begin to design the next piece of functionality.